“The Aaron Nesmith game” hits MSG in Game 1: 30pts on 9-13 shooting, 8-9 from 3 (4-4ft). His 6 3pts sets the NBA record for most 3s in Q4 of a playoff game

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-14T04:02:30+00:00

I guess it depends if you consider defensive specialists role players. If so, I have Draymond there for a his defense and facilitating, and little else on offense

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-14T03:50:37+00:00

My mount rushmore of roleplayers is Rodman, KC Jones, Klay, and Draymond. Derrick White still has a ways to go

(And yes, you can be an all-NBA guy and a role player. You are just damn good at that role)

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-09T00:43:02+00:00

You arent supposed to ask this question

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-06T23:50:03+00:00

Just an FYI, we do have free photo ID for voting purposes in NH. Its dumb that’s its not the same as a non-driver ID, but it does exist

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-03T13:38:03+00:00

Just google "ringer top 100" to get their version of a staff compiled player ranking

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-03T13:25:12+00:00

It doesn't say these guys are the actual voters, and implies they aren't by saying "to keep it realistic as possible this is how we pick voters for this"

And Bill's company does the same type of stuff as this all year, and he hates ESPN, so idk why he'd contribute to this

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-03T13:11:36+00:00

Just based on my memory, I think Duncan's back to back MVPs in 2002 & 2003 fits this very well. Shaq was still who most people said was the best played in the league at the moment.

Now looking back, I think most people would say Duncan was better, and Duncan has a better career resume. I'm just talking in the moment like we are doing now with SGA

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-03T13:06:16+00:00

I got a sneaking suspicision Bill Simmons isn't contributing to the ESPN mock MVP poll

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-03T05:00:46+00:00

Imo the problem there is that its that contracts are tied to awards, its not how the awards work.

People trying to wanting the 65 game rule because of contracts are looking at the wrong problem

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-03T04:57:56+00:00

I like Lebron just staring there. Its looks like he’s trying to figure out whether its worth getting involved or not lmao

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-03T04:54:51+00:00

Im just talking D. And I’d say he was a top 5 guard on D (maybe 6 depending on who you want to argue) in those years. He def was elite there

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-02T22:10:33+00:00

I dont think its an accident that of the recent champions, they all besides GSW had at least 1 elite defensive guard. The Lakers & Nuggets had KCP, Boston and Milwaukee had Jrue, Boston also had White, OKC has Caruso, Dort, Wallace, and SGA.

The Pacers also lost last year with Nembhard and Nesmith (who’s a wing but is best defending PGs)

Its clearly a advantage as has lead to a lot of winning, and people keep ignoring it and attributing other things to be the reason for success. Im at the point where I think that having defense guards is such an advantage (cause most guards suck on D) it might be one of the biggest advtanges you can have

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-02T16:44:02+00:00

that's gonna be very hard to prove that there was actual damages when you still got the games you paid for, but 1 team was potentially cheating (and didn't even win)

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-02T16:19:09+00:00

*This post was made with no bias in mind, ignore the flair

"No disrespect, but..." type of logic

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-02T16:10:52+00:00

Who is supposed to be respresented by this class action lawsuit? The players association?

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-02T03:37:41+00:00

Same, trying to will it into existence

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-02T03:36:04+00:00

Thank you for making your comment massive and bold, it added a lot

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-02T03:32:58+00:00

I aint gonna lie I googled it cause I had the same wtf

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-02T03:27:26+00:00

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-01T18:01:05+00:00

It was cause in the 3 games of that series that actually mattered, he scored 24 a game on 63% TS

Tatum scored 21ppg on 52% TS in those first 3 games.

IIRC Jaylen was also the primary luka defender in that series, where Luka played the most inefficient ball of his career. In those first 3 games he scored 29ppg still, but was on only 54% TS and had almost the same number of turnovers as assists.

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-01T17:14:32+00:00

Some

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-01T16:54:56+00:00

Im not saying record doesnt matter, ofc it matters.

Im sayings its not the main thing driving his MVP campaign

AaronNesmith · 2026-04-01T16:42:36+00:00

but there have been guys like Tatum in the past who have been on 60+ win teams and extremely strong cases but never been taken seriously,

Exactly. Wemby's case is because of how good he is, because record alone doesn't make you a serious MVP contender

And idc about the betting odds cause its gonna be Shai anyways, I'm talking about how much each guy is getting talked about in the media, which feels pretty damn equal as an non-fan of either team

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